Small Space Storage

A garment rack listing publishes a figure under the label Max. load, and on the two IKEA pages I read that figure reads 44 lb on one rack and 77 lb on the other. 44 lb on the MULIG clothes rack, 601.794.34. 77 lb on the RIGGA clothes rack, 502.316.30. Same label, same section of…

Under bed storage has to clear the gap between your floor and the underside of your bed, and that gap has a published name that is not clearance. On the IKEA MALM bed frame page I read, in Queen, it is published under the label Height under furniture and it reads 8 1/4 “. The…

On the two IKEA listings I read, the drawer’s published inside height is 5 7/8 ” and 5 1/2 “. Measure what you mean to put in there, lying down the way it will go in, before you order.

A storage ottoman usually ends up in front of the sofa, doing a coffee table’s job. Bob Vila’s rule of thumb puts the top one to two inches lower than the seat cushion height, so your sofa is the figure that decides it.